﻿Getting Your Yard Ready for a Fence Installation

Preparing your yard for a fence installation is necessary to ensure that the process goes smoothly and efficiently. You wouldn’t’ want to keep stepping around toys, plants, and have no idea where your property line is.

Doing a bit of extra work
before you begin your fence installation will save you a lot of hassle during the process. Consider some of the following
tips to help get your yard ready for a fence
installation.

Mark the Property Line

It seems obvious, but something that many don’t think of is marking the property line. You don’t want to put up a fence just by guessing where you think the property line is. Guessing could put you in a situation with your neighbours and force you to have to redo the whole process again.

Make sure you know
exactly where your property line is. If you’re unsure, get the blueprints of
your property from your local government office.
Gambling on where your property line won’t help you in the long run.

Speak With Your Neighbours

If you have neighbours,
let them know you’re building a fence. What you choose to install will affect
the shared property line. Being courteous and including them in the process
will help keep a good relationship between the two of you. Plus, you may find
that they want to replace their fence and will cover some of the costs for the shared portion.

During the installation
process, make sure to keep all of your supplies and tools on your property. For
starters, it’s been courteous to them and
their property. Also, though, it’s ensuring that there is no confusion over who
owns what.

Call Your Utility Operators

The last thing you need
is to start digging and end up hitting a pipe or lines in the ground. Now
you’re in a lot of trouble. Speak with your utility operators first so that
they can point out any pipes and lines
that you need to be careful about.

Keep the Yard Clean

Here is another obvious
one that many sometimes forget – clean up your yard. Working around toys and
other obstacles will only make the process more difficult and time-consuming. Basically,
you want to have as clean of a slate as possible before starting.

Have a Checklist of Supplies and a Plan

You don’t want to start
installing a fence and have no plan in mind. Going
that route, there’s a good chance of messing up or finding out later that you don’t like what you’ve done. Plan
out ahead of time what you want the fence to look like.

Also, have a checklist of
all the supplies you need. For starters, this ensures that you have everything
there and ready at your fingertips. It also allows you to keep track of all
your tools so that when it’s time to end for the day, everything is accounted for.

Lay Out Stakes

Once you know your
property line and have a plane, lay stakes to help you visualize where the
fence will go. Run a string between the posts to measure the distance between
them for the fence installation.